Georgia-Auburn: ‘It’s what college football is all about,’ Chizik says
It isn’t the bitterest of Georgia’s football rivalries. Just the oldest and most competitive.
Georgia and Auburn first played in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park in 1892. They have played 113 times since then. Auburn has won 53. Georgia has won 52. They have tied eight.
So, if Georgia were to win this year’s meeting at Auburn on Saturday, the Deep South’s oldest college-football rivalry would pull completely even at 53-53-8.
After all these games, all these years, only 56 points separate the teams. Georgia has scored 1,778 and Auburn 1,722. The average score in their meetings is 15.7-15.2.
“I think that as we go on during the week the younger guys will get a better picture of what this rivalry is and has been over the years and what it’s meant,” Auburn coach Gene Chizik said Sunday. “It’s just a great rivalry. It’s what college football is all about.”
At 113 games, the Georgia-Auburn series is older than Georgia-Georgia Tech (102 games) and Auburn-Alabama (74 games).
Georgia has won the past four meetings, the Bulldogs’ longest winning streak in the series since the 1940s. As Chizik mentioned Sunday, no current Auburn player has experienced a win over Georgia.
Over the years, it has been a curious series in that the road team has won more often than the home team. Georgia has an all-time record of 14-9-2 in games played at Auburn, while the Tigers have an 18-11 record in Athens. The series was mostly played at neutral sites from 1892 through 1958.
Another quirk in the Georgia-Auburn series in recent years is that the lower-ranked team has found disproportionate success. Neither team was ranked entering last year’s game, but the lower-ranked or unranked team has won seven of the past 13 meetings when one or both teams were ranked. As you know, Auburn will go into Saturday’s game ranked No. 2 in the nation and Georgia unranked. In the last meeting of a ranked Auburn vs. an unranked Georgia, the Bulldogs upset the No. 5 Tigers 37-15 in 2006 at Auburn.
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Forrest Gump
November 8th, 2010
7:00 pm
Doug you are dumber that me! Forrest Gump!
Okefenokee Joe
November 8th, 2010
7:04 pm
Shucking corn for a living wont pay you much, but thinking your going to win a National Championship at Auburn isnt Swampwise
Surprised
November 8th, 2010
7:42 pm
“In the last meeting of a ranked Auburn vs. an unranked Georgia, the Bulldogs upset the No. 5 Tigers 37-15 in 2006 at Auburn.”
This ain’t 2006. The Plainsmen are wearing hob-nailed boots this year.
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
November 8th, 2010
7:46 pm
harold
Go back to your Tech blog..
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
November 8th, 2010
7:47 pm
Surprised
Wow…What a possitive attitude.
Go find that rock to hide under..
Aubie80
November 8th, 2010
7:48 pm
HAIRY DAWG! Don’t worry Aubie will be focused! We’ve been waiting for this one for a long time! Just remember to keep all that trash and litter that dots your campus and town over there in that dump. And please, leave the thugs at home!
Ed The Tree Guy
November 8th, 2010
8:00 pm
The almost said “rest of this story” is that many of the neutral site games were played in Columbus, GA at the old Memorial Stadium downtown, nest to where the old Columbus Astro’s played.
Eric the homosexual barner
November 8th, 2010
8:00 pm
Enter your comments here
check Up
November 8th, 2010
8:13 pm
It all depends on who scores the most points.
Okefenokee Joe
November 8th, 2010
8:15 pm
Cutting grass in the summer is not that fun, but getting a degree from Auburn University is not Swampwise
ccc
November 8th, 2010
8:16 pm
show cam the window to throw the lap top out.and he will be a true war buzzard or what ever.
Okefenokee Joe
November 8th, 2010
8:25 pm
Skipping rocks in the swamp passes the time away, but buying a stolen laptop is not Swampwise
FLA DAWG
November 8th, 2010
8:44 pm
How the worm has turned!
This matchup used to be something special.
Then The Dawgs ate Auburn for Lunch for a few years.
This season The Auburn Tigers will absolutely obliterate The Dawgs.
Auburn has possibly the best Offense in the country.
And we have……….Bobo.
Murray is a Good Dawg but raw this season.
Next season the poor guy will be running for his life because our O Line will be even worse.
I love my Dawgs but call it the way it is.
Dawgs drop this game by 4 TDs – yep, 28 or more points.
Now THIS GAME is the one we judge – NOT THE TEAM – BUT MARK RICHT by.
FLA DAWG
Class of ‘79
bgdawg
November 8th, 2010
8:52 pm
i don’t think it will be a blowout. i don’t think it will be that high scoring of a game either. i say it will be just like LSU-AUB game
AU in B-ham
November 8th, 2010
9:04 pm
I have a great respect for the UGA program and Richt, this game will be close. I think Murray will throw deep oftern to AJ, our secondary is very weak, but I do think we will be able to score quickly as well, I’m thinking a 38-35 type of game. Safe travels to the dawg fans driving down and have fun but on the Plains’
Big Dawg Man
November 8th, 2010
9:08 pm
Dawgs will continue to own Awbourn with a 45 – 17 beat down of the Tiggers. Scam Newton will wish he was back in junior college. FIVE (5) in a row, BABY!
techengineer
November 8th, 2010
9:10 pm
AU will beat the dawgs by at least 4 TDs. Probably be up 35-0 at halftime. This may be the biggest blow out of the year!
Pitbull
November 8th, 2010
9:16 pm
Dawgs are Gators Bitch, Auburn is Dawgs bitch. Nuff said!
college is forever
November 8th, 2010
9:19 pm
http:www.collegelunchboxes.com What do you say Dawgs, how about shocking the college football world and throwing a big wrench into the BCS. This Saturday will be 6 weeks till Christmas, stop by Kroger or go online and get your sweetie a UGA Classic Tin Lunchbox. Put her engagement ring or fine piece of jewelry inside, it will be a story you guys will share for years to come.
Go Dawgs!
Let's Talk About UGA!
November 8th, 2010
9:29 pm
Aw Man!
While watching an REM video, I just spilled a plate of spaghetti in my lap. Uga VIII’s other little white-trash cousin (our half-bulldog/half-wiener dog) is licking it off.
Suddenly, I feel aroused!
I’m sleeping with the puppy tonight!
SCORE!
Go Dawgs!
Sic ‘em!
Woof! Woof! Woof!
Lone Blogger
November 8th, 2010
9:32 pm
Thank you Dale. I’ve thought the same thing about those stupid commercials promoting UGA during games for years.
savannahdawg
November 8th, 2010
9:32 pm
I’m thinking a shootout! Dawgs defense is actually better than the Tigers. Gotta out-score them somehow. We have the best kicker! Should be a good game!
Surprised
November 8th, 2010
9:36 pm
Sammy Davis Jr.
Coming from a talented icon like yourself, that really hurt.
ugabean
November 8th, 2010
9:39 pm
The dawgs should have won every game this year. There is no one they can not beat. FSU MR used to have trick plays etc etc. Uga MR has the same ole play we all know what is the play. OKK! So! WTF! AJ never got the ball against Fl. OK. When warrick dunn was a wr who did fsu throw too. IDK. Who did Ga kick too in jacksonville last weekend? The answer is fl best player. I am not a player just a fan. I can outcoach MR.
ugabean
November 8th, 2010
9:40 pm
not warrick dunn! peter warrick
Tech fan
November 8th, 2010
9:41 pm
I wish we were playing in a meaningful game this weekend.
Oh, no, I pee’d my pants again. Mom!!!!!!!
The Exterminator
November 8th, 2010
9:48 pm
@ techengineer:
Worry about yout own alleged program, bug. Regardless of what happens against Auburn, bug, we will still whip your sorry asses. But I can hear it now: “They would not have beat us if Nesbitt was healthy!” Y’all cried that last year when he missed 2 series.
8 out of 9. Maggots.
GO DAWGS!!!
AltamahaDawg
November 8th, 2010
10:17 pm
Fla Dawg, why do you think our O-line will be worse next year?
Let's Talk About UGA!
November 8th, 2010
10:23 pm
DawgNation,
I cried during the last Tech-Georgia game (not because of the score). My buddy, The Exterminator, and I went to the game. He got soo drunk and gave me the greatest hummer I’d ever had.
Tears roll down my face every time I think about it.
Fat Matt Wilson
November 8th, 2010
10:25 pm
Scam Newton will lose to the mighty bulldawgs this Saturday. UGA best team in SEC. We should be undefeated and heading to the dome. Darn refs.
$200,000 ca$$$$$h AND a new laptop
November 8th, 2010
10:26 pm
Auburn = CHEATERS
Surprised
November 8th, 2010
10:28 pm
Matthew,
Some of that fat might be going to your head and choking off you oxygen supply.
You seem dizzy.
Have you ever been to the bucket shop in Buckhead? What a bunch of douche bags
November 8th, 2010
10:47 pm
The barners will CHOKE under all the pressure. Mark it down.
Scam Newton is a disgrace to the SEC.
AltamahaDawg
November 8th, 2010
11:05 pm
“Next season the poor guy will be running for his life because our O Line will be even worse.”
How so?
We have 5 of the 7 OL that have been rotating back, including 4 starters. At least 4 underclassmen in waiting that were all higher rated out of highschool than most of the guys that we have now, a couple considered some of the top players at thier positions in the nation. Plus a handfull of other bodies. We will see how they turn out, but as far as pure talent, we are actually upgrading over the next 2 years.
Certainly a second year QB is also going to be able to read the defense better and harder to fool with blitzes, isn’t he?
I’ve certainly been critical of what we have done with the OLine (long before it was the cool thing to do BTW) but to say they are going to be worse next year? Based on what?
kasier souze
November 8th, 2010
11:22 pm
I have read and written many comments in both the AJC and ESPN columns. The Auburn creed shared by Ralph earlier hit home for me. I have attended every Auburn home game this year in 2010( my first SEC football games(what a first year line-up!) outside of the SEC Championship) and I will be there this coming Sat for the battle with the Bulldogs. I went to neither school and have for the most part of 30 years in Ga. have rooted for the Dawgs. Not this year, this year I bleed orange and blue, this year I yell War damn Eagle and I have appreciated and enjoyed the kindness of 87,451 Tigers(give or take a couple) at Jordan-Hare. I am Nuts about Auburn and their creed.
quadrodad
November 8th, 2010
11:31 pm
upset of the weekend UGA by 14
Dawg Whisperer
November 8th, 2010
11:32 pm
UGA is the underdawg and Auburn is the overachiever. Auburn can’t ruin the dawg’s season. It’s too late for that. UGA will play loose and create turnovers on defense. UGA in an upset, 27-24.
quadrodad
November 8th, 2010
11:33 pm
In fact UGA will beat Auburn and loose to Tech.
quadrodad
November 8th, 2010
11:34 pm
This game will be a go ahead and establish the BCS championship Ore VS TCU.
Cobb Dawg
November 8th, 2010
11:53 pm
Ralph, have all Awbun teams and students always lived by the creed?
Cobb Dawg
November 8th, 2010
11:59 pm
Aubie ‘80, you plowboys trash your own little town square every time you manage a win. We don’t TP our own campus intentionally kiddo!
southendzn
November 9th, 2010
12:15 am
@dawggirl-
I like to think of myself as a rational AU fan. First AU/GA game I attended was as an AU freshman. It was a very close AU loss to a Herschel Walker led defending National Champion UGA team. Bo Jackson was just starting his college career at Auburn. Even though AU lost, I can still hear the fans chanting “It’s great to be…an Auburn Tiger! at the end of that game. Been hooked on this rivalry ever since.
I don’t think any seasoned AU fans are overlooking the Dawgs. We know we have a very suspect defense and the UGA combo of Murray and AJ Greene could certainly give us trouble. (Personally, having a weak defense sends me to the antacid counter most every week..just really odd to see an AU team that gives up so many yards and points.)
We have so many players from the state of Georgia that have to listen to their Ga pals when they go home that I don’t think the players are overlooking GA either. This coaching staff and this particular team seem to be able to really focus on the game at hand.
While some of my AU pals that live in ATL would throttle me for saying this, the Dawgs are generally my second favorite SEC team. And I prefer the AU/GA rivalry by leaps and bounds over the ugly rivalry with the team from West AL. Just don’t rush the field if you win…I bet we can still find some hoses
pat
November 9th, 2010
12:42 am
Chattanooga scored 24 on auburn…..UGA has scored 190 over last 5 games……auburn has not faced as good a D as UGA. Uga wins 62 to 45
JacketBacker01
November 9th, 2010
1:32 am
Just to let you know that if Tech and Auburn wouldn’t have stopped playing every year, That would be the oldest rivalry in the South, but Tech went to the ACC…our loss I guess. Anyway, I don’t have anything in this one, but good luck to both our in-state rival and our little sister engineering school.
MikeP
November 9th, 2010
1:36 am
Auburn ran for 440 yards against LSU’s great rushing D. Dyer, McCalebb and Fannin contributed to that, as well as Newton.
A.J. green is good and Murray is learning. South Carolina’s Jefferies and Garcia, LSU’s 2 QB’s with Rueben Randall, Arkansas’ Mallet and Childs, all have lost to Auburn. The Dawgs’ QB/ receiver combo isn’t any better than any of those. Green may be tops, but the other QB’s are better than Murray.
Auburn beat South Carolina, Georgia lost to them
Auburn beat Arkansas, Georgia lost to them
Auburn beat Mississippi State, Georgia lost to them.
It ain’t lookin’ like no Dawg Day Afternoon.
AU~45
UGA~17
Being a little favorable to UGA here, assuming they can score as much on Auburn as LSU did. That’s questionable.
MikeP
November 9th, 2010
1:42 am
pat
November 9th, 2010
12:42 am
Chattanooga scored 24 on auburn…..UGA has scored 190 over last 5 games……auburn has not faced as good a D as UGA. Uga wins 62 to 45
Uh, Pat. Auburn’s first team defense left the field in the Chattanooga game after 5 minutes into the second quarter. At that time, Chatt, had 0 points and 63 yards total offense. All Chatt’s points were scored against reserves and walk-on’s. It was Homecoming, everybody played.
Also, South Carolina, LSU, Mississippi State, Arkansas and so forth all have a better defense than UGA.
Jake
November 9th, 2010
5:21 am
Auburns Offence is to strong and Defence is 50/50 on anyday.Auburn Murder GA 42-14
Cash Newton
November 9th, 2010
7:06 am
Has anyone seen my lap top. I left outside my window. I can not remember if I stole it or if my manager did…It’s mine and I want it now!
More proof that Scam Newton is a dirty rotten, stinking cheater
November 9th, 2010
7:17 am
http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/Source-says-Newton-left-Florida-after-cheating-scandal
Jim
November 9th, 2010
9:22 am
Has Auburn considered buying O.J. Simpson’s Heisman trophy, which would quickly eliminate any controversy about Cam Newton not receiving a Heisman award this year?